Reviews
Tango Tango de Norte a Sur
We hear lots of rumours about Finland’s tango obsession but rarely get to hear its music. This innovative release features...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: July/2012
Nuevo Chamber
Born out of classical ‘jam sessions’ at a café in metropolitan San Francisco, The Musical Art Quintet developed their stylish...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: July/2012
Say Africa
The man they simply call ‘The Voice’ in South Africa is little known to British audiences. But he has highly...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2012
Live in Detroit 1986
This is a recording of Fela Anikulapo Kuti performing with Egypt 80 at Detroit’s Fox Theatre in 1986. He’d just...
Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: July/2012
Ravi Shankar: Symphony
London Philharmonic Orchestra & Anoushka Shankar
Ravi Shankar’s Symphony received its world premiere in London’s Royal Festival Hall in July 2010. This is a live recording...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: July/2012
Salida de Emergencia
Women have always been central to tango – as whores, drunks, Oedipal mothers, girlfriends and social climbers. On the performing...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: July/2012
London Acoustic Set
Carmen Souza Duo feat Theo Pas’cal
Sheared back to not much more than her gravity-defying voice at London’s Green Note venue, Carmen Souza shows here that...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: July/2012
Parfum de Jasmin
There is something very Western-centric and media-friendly about the fashion for naming popular uprisings after colours, seasons and horticulture. It’s...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: July/2012
Dr Dee
It's the reign of Elizabeth I and Dr John Dee, having survived imprisonment by bloody Mary, is now court astrologer,...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2012
